Job Title: Staff/Lead SDET Engineer (Test Automation Platform) Product: Total Battle Total Battle is a massive MMO 4X strategy game available on mobile and web, uniting millions of active players. As our product and engineering teams scale, we are shifting our testing paradigm: automated testing must become a daily, self-service engineering tool rather than a bottleneck owned by a dedicated team. We are looking for a Staff/Lead SDET to take technical ownership of our internal test automation tooling and make this vision a reality. Why this role exists Your core mission is to empower product QA teams. You won't write tests; you will build the tools, APIs, and abstractions that allow QA engineers (with basic Python & OOP skills) to independently create checks, manage test states, run tests in CI/CD, and diagnose failures.
- The Product Teamsown the tests.
- Youown the tooling layer that makes their work possible.
💡 Core Focus Areas:
- Client Testing Tools:UI scenarios, method/component checks across Android, WebGL, and (soon) iOS.
- Server Integration:Component testing tools built over existing Python clients, SDKs, and product testability capabilities.(Note: We aren't starting from scratch. We need a visionary who can assess our existing solutions, define a target architecture, and evolve them incrementally).
What You’ll Work On
- Drive Technical Strategy:Define the roadmap for QA tooling, evolve its architecture, and personally implement key solutions.
- Build the Platform:Develop domain APIs, fixtures, and state-preparation tools for integration/component testing over existing SDKs.
- Enhance Client Automation:Extend client UI automation and enable sub-UI checks for specific client methods.
- Unify Execution:Ensure local and CI execution follow a predictable, unified path across Android and WebGL.
- Create Diagnostics:Build clear diagnostic tools to help QA engineers easily distinguish between product, test, tooling, and infrastructure failures.
- Cross-Team Collaboration:Translate recurring QA needs into product testability requirements and establish technical contracts with client/backend teams.
- Evangelize & Mentor:Drive adoption of your tools through pilots, solid documentation, and feedback loops. (Where needed, help define engineering roles and participate in hiring/onboarding).
Who You Are We are looking for a hands-on technical leader who thrives in long-term ownership of internal platforms.
- Python Expert:You regularly write, debug, and maintain Python code for libraries, frameworks, SDKs, or internal tools.
- Platform Builder:You have designed or substantially evolved a framework/SDK used by multiple teams, bringing it to a point where teams can use it independently.
- API Designer:You know how to build stable public APIs over existing SDKs, hiding low-level details from the end-user.
- Cross-Functional Driver:You’ve successfully worked with backend, client, or framework teams to deliver testability capabilities, driving changes even when you don't directly manage the teams.
- CI/CD & Diagnostics Guru:You have integrated automated checks into CI quality gates with robust reproducibility and diagnostics.
- AI Adopter:You leverage LLMs and coding agents to investigate codebases, develop tooling, or create tests efficiently.
- Deep Domain Expertise:You have profound hands-on experience inat least oneof the following (and can take technical responsibility for the other): Client/UI automation:Drivers, custom/non-native UI, synchronization, and sub-UI checks.Backend/integration tooling:Python clients/SDKs, protocols, sessions, fixtures, and test state.
- Client/UI automation:Drivers, custom/non-native UI, synchronization, and sub-UI checks.
- Backend/integration tooling:Python clients/SDKs, protocols, sessions, fixtures, and test state.
Nice to Have (Bonus Points)
- Experience inbothclient/UI and backend/integration tooling.
- Background in modernizing legacy automation and conducting incremental user migrations.
- Experience with complex test lifecycles (data isolation, flaky checks, state management).
- Experience inGameDevor complex live-service products (Unity, Cocos/Axmol, WebGL).
- Familiarity with Selenium, Appium, Playwright, XCUITest, Android ADB, or iOS infrastructure.
- Experience with asynchronous Python, typed models (Pydantic, mypy), or schema-based code generation.
Why to join:
- ☀️Live & Work in Sunny Cyprus:We’re an office-first team in Limassol with a modern seaside workspaces. We provide full relocation and visa support for you and your family.
- 💰Industry-Leading Rewards:High salaries, a 13th salary, performance bonuses, extra rewards for life milestones (marriage, babies, long service), daily breakfast and lunch.
- 🛡️Family Support:Private family health insurance, plus a highly competitive monthly allowance for your children’s pre-school, school, and university education.
- 🚀Shape a Global Hit:Work on a Top-10 global mobile 4X strategy game that has grown 25x in revenue and audience over 5 years.
- 🏰Rock-Solid Stability:We operate at startup speed but with zero history of lay-offs. We are independent, financially secure, and boast a 99% employee satisfaction rate.
- 🧠Culture & Growth:A flat structure where the best ideas win and transparency rules. Your growth is funded from specialized training, certifications, language courses and books to internal and external conferences coverage.
